How can I make my NSTextField NOT highlight its text when the application starts?

Question

When my application launches, the first NSTextField is being selected like this:

I can edit the NSTextField fine, but when I press enter to end the editing, th

Answer 1

No need to subclass. Simply set refusesFirstResponder = YES;

NSTextField *textField = [NSTextField new];
textField.refusesFirstResponder = YES;

That's it! Do that and it won't highlight the text in the field.